Nathan D. Simmons

Follow interweaving stories about the vicious cycle of debt and desperation: a widow who has fallen behind on life’s expenses, a professional debt collector with his own expensive habits and a loan shark’s enforcer trapped within his own obligations.

Going where she knows almost no one, Maggie takes a passive role in the shape her evening takes. Distinguishing her own desires from external expectations can be difficult but her first kiss might bring clarity closer.

A grizzled detective unravels an insurance scam perpetrated by a former child star who has lost her fame and wealth

A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he's sworn to protect.